Red Heart Rum

Red Heart is the leading premium dark rum on the South African Market.

Red Heart is double distilled and is an aromatic blend of 18 different types of Caribbean Rum ranging from the light and clean continuous still rums, to the heavier, fruitier flavoured Pot still rums which typify the Jamaican Rums and set them apart from all others.

Mainstay International

It was created in the cane fields of KwaZulu-Natal and originally known as 'gavine' or 'mystery liquor'. As the name implies, cane spirit is distilled from fermented molasses, by the continuous column still method. Mainstay was launched in KwaZulu-Natal in 1954 and attained national status by 1967. Initially, it was sold in local shebeens to an Indian and black market. From the mid-1960s, a growing number of consumers in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, started taking to cane spirits. [14]

“The production process is identical to vodka, using the same continuous column still, with the base ingredient being either molasses or sugar cane. Mainstay Original Premium is five times distilled. Cane spirit production in South Africa follows the same laws as vodka production in the U.S. and Europe, which means that a cane can always be called a vodka, but a vodka can't necessarily be called a cane. Because of this, Mainstay Premium Original is judged as a vodka at international awards and, in 2007, won the International Wine and Spirit Competition award for "the World's Best Vodka.".”

Halewood International South Africa

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Location: Benoni

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Halewood International South Africa (Pty) Ltd was established in 1999 when Halewood International Holdings PLC (UK) purchased a small drinks company. Since its beginnings it has become one of the fastest growing alcohol beverage manufacturers in South Africa, with a national distribution network, and state of the art production facility.

Glendale Distilling Company

In 2012, Illovo is Africa’s largest sugar producer and has extensive agricultural and manufacturing assets in six Southern African countries, producing more than six million tons of cane and milling capacity to produce two million tons of sugar per annum.

The Illovo Sugar group is a subsidiary of Associated British Foods (ABF) plc which holds 51% of the issued share capital. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £9.3 billion and 96,000 employees in 44 countries.

AB Sugar, previously named British Sugar Group, as a division of Associated British Foods plc (ABF), represents ABF in respect of all its sugar interests, including Illovo. AB Sugar is one of the largest sugar producers in the world, employing more than 42 000 employees, operating in 9 countries and producing around four million tonnes of sugar annually.

Glendale is distilling neutral alcohol for sale to the liquour industry. In March of 2014 I could find no sign of any own branded alcoholic drink sold for retail at the Illovo site.

Edward Snell & Co. LTD, Durban

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Production capacity: 2.5 million 9 litre equivalent cases

Location: Production facilities in Johannesburg and Cape Town

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Edward Snell & Co. Ltd was established in 1848. It is presently the largest family-owned wine and spirit merchant in South Africa. The company has a 13% share of the South African spirits market by volume and currently has 285 employees.

The company is the third largest alcohol spirit beverage business in South Africa producing, warehousing, distributing and selling its own brands as well as those of a number of major international brand owners.